Former President Bill Clinton seemed sympathetic to the Palestinian drive for the United Nations to recognize a Palestinian state, but he maintained that the United States must focus on how to “contain the negative fallout” of the expected U.S. veto, for which he also indicated support, of such a UN move.
Clinton made the remarks during an interview with David Gregory on Meet the Press. Here’s an excerpt:
And I think what we’ve all got to do is contain the negative fallout so when they get the vote, which will be extremely positive, since most of rest of the world believes the Israelis have made an error not being more forthcoming with the government, and the U.S. vetoes it, which we will do because we’re committed to Israel’s security and the idea that the two parties have to negotiate a solution. We got to contain the fallout because, when this is over, the underlying reality won’t change. And we still believe there should be a Palestinian state, and we still believe there should be cooperation between Israel and her Arab neighbors.
